OAKLAND — In some minds, it is hard to equate animal shelter fees with the cost of doing business with government agencies.

However, employee time, building maintenance, supplies, transportation and utilities are common denominators for any Alameda County program.

Rising operating costs prompted county supervisors on Tuesday to impose higher charges to adopt, board, redeem, surrender and euthanize animals at both shelters.

Some payments haven’t been increased in a decade, County Sheriff Charles Plummer said in a report to supervisors. The added income is expected to amount to $29,000 a year.

The rate for adopting a cat or dog will increase from $15 to $25. The daily cost of feeding or boarding a cat or dog will double, from $10 to $20. Redemption fees will jump from $35 to $45 for licensed dogs, from $40 to $50 for unlicensed dogs, and from $35 to $45 for cats.

The cost of surrendering a dog or cat, along with their litters of puppies and kittens, will increase from $5 to $10, depending on whether the animal is licensed or unlicensed. For example, the current tab of $35 to surrender an unlicensed large dog and litter will become $45.

Surrendering dead animals will cost from $15 to $25, up from the current $10 to $15, depending on type of animal and size. Putting down an animal will range from $30 to $50, up 30 to 40 percent from present costs.

Animal control workers also handle animals such as sheep, goats, horses, hogs and mules. Slightly higher fees apply to these larger animals.

Jail, fingerprinting costs rise

Supervisors authorized the Sheriff’s Department to increase the amount of booking fees charged to cities or other agencies that transfer inmates to the county jail. The

12.5 percent increase is effective July 1.

A new “full booking fee” of $125.20 per inmate will be charged to agencies that deliver inmates directly to the sheriff for booking. A partial booking fee of $88.80 per inmate will be charged to local law enforcement agencies that pre-process suspects.

The additional fees are expected to raise an extra

$281,000 a year.

Supervisors increased, for the first time since 1993, the cost of identifying and processing latent fingerprints lifted from crime scenes. The charge will increase from a flat $38.50 per case to $49.13 an hour.

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